"Perhaps there are stairs down the door. Seren, Moon, if you would do the honors to check it?" Melianthe has regained most of her composure.
"Alligators should be easy to check for. Excuse me a moment." Rosa goes off to try to scrounge up some provisions...
It takes a few minutes of looking, but Rosa eventually gathers up a bunch of fish in a cloth sack and quickly tosses the whole thing into the water with the biggest splash she can manage.
The barbarian readies a javelin in case a predator does appear.
Demitri stands by to defend Rosa if the alligator shows itself.
Melianthe sighs. "The door? So much for the element of surprise. The alligator will not be in the water with the sharks!"
Indeed, there is no show of any alligator, but a minute or so after the chum gets thrown in, a couple shark fins break the surface of the water, circling and enjoying their snack.
I'm sorry ... I posted what Seren is doing before the alligator feeding interrupt. Please have him do it.
"This has just become more challenging," Absinthe sighs. "One has much to learn..."
The tiefling shrugs -- and lowers herself through the hole.
Moving as quietly as she can so as not to attract the sharks' attention, Absinthe makes her way over to the boat and gauges the big predators' response.
[ooc]Stealth check: .
Moving with careful agility, Seren crawls into the bay and underneath the floor, using the floor beams and rafters for handholds. Once over the walkway, he easily drops down. A patchwork job, the concealed door is more obvious up close.
Absinthe follows, just as easily as Seren. Along the walkway, the sharks make no hostile moves, and seem enamored with their snack.
Absinthe beckons wordlessly towards the others. She mouths the word 'quietly' at them and draws her rapier, still in silence.
Demitri stows his shield before attempting to follow along stealthily.
Demitri stows his shield before attempting to follow along stealthily.
[dice=Stealth]1d20 - 2
Seren took a rope with him. He'll tie it off as taut as possible.
Once the rope is secure Segang will store his weapons and shield and make the climb.
Melianthe pauses at the entrance. "This is insane," she murmurs. She makes her way down the rope slowly and with great trepidation, limbs shaking slightly.
Seren covers the sharks with his bow. Waiting as the party comes across ready to shoot the first one that moves toward anyone who falls in the water.
Demitri tries to shimmy down Seren's rope, but slips and plunks into the murky water. He flails a moment, trying to swim in his armor, before kicking the floor and realizing the water is only a few feet deep. The sharks remain uninterested, and he is able to scramble over to the walkway.
Rosa and Segang follow with no trouble, but Melianthe suffers the same fate as Demitri. This time, one of the jigsaw sharks flips around and starts towards her.
[ooc]Melianthe tactics reroll:
Demitri slogs through the water and on to the walkway. He is shocked "No!" Is all he can yell before the shark advances towards Melianthe.
"Soon won, soon lost," Absinthe says in a philosophical tone. She whips out one of her new darts and sends it hurtling at any part of the shark that is above water and fleshy enough to feel pain.
"One recommends you hurry to shore, sister Mel!"
Seren fires, hissing [b["Quiet!"[/b]
Rosa's whip cracks out at the shark's eyes, two quick flicks in rapid succession.
I'll go ahead and make the assumption that a shark thrashing arpund is a normal sound but people shouting is not.
Seren's arrow flies true, sinking deep into the shark's exposed back. It continues undeterred, chomping hard into Melianthe's flank. With a splash of bloody water, she gets pulled under.
Without regard for himself the barbarian jumps into the water pulling his longsword as me moves, trying to interpose himself between Mel and the shark and attacks.
Segang hops into the water and sloshes a few steps before driving his longsword halfway through the shark's body. It twitches, then ceases movement. The second shark, still ten feet away, swims in erratic circles, agitated by all the blood in the water.